When Selecting Products, it’s the Label That Counts

OKI Europe’s Dr. Guy Boxall, Senior Manager – Industry Print Propositions, explores how brands and creative identities heavily rely on the color white on their products for instant impact and recognition. From neo-minimalism to geometric patterns, eye-catching serifs and the creative use of negative space, current design trends are having a far-reaching impact and brands …

Koehler paper group: huge increase in demand for barrier paper

When the Koehler Paper Group presented the first packaging made of the innovative Koehler NexPlus® Seal barrier paper at the FachPack trade fair in September 2019, the new production line 8 was on the verge of being commissioned. Now the Black Forest-based family company has taken a giant leap forward. With the successful commissioning of …

UPM Raflatac expands portfolio with new recycled content film

UPM Raflatac has expanded their product portfolio with the new UPM Raflatac PE PCR White TC 85 label material, made with 30 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic from household waste and a minimum of 55 percent post-industrial (PIR) plastic. The film supports the circular use of materials and helps brand owners reach their sustainability goals. …

Mondi launches first sack kraft paper mobile app – the first app of its kind

Leading global packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi has launched an innovative new mobile app for the sack kraft paper market. The ‘Go2Sack’ app provides information and real-time calculations and is a market first for the paper and sack kraft industry. The app helps users to select the best paper grade for a specific product and …

Avery Dennison joins SABIC in developing a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label facestock

Avery Dennison has taken an important step towards supplying a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label material, collaborating with SABIC in the TRUCIRCLE™ initiative, which encompasses circular materials and technologies to enable product manufacturers to reach their sustainability goals. Rob Groen in ‘t Wout, senior marketing manager film EU for Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials, said …

Coveris, launches sustainable, high-performance version of its CPP film.

Coveris’ latest invention is a cast polypropylene film (CPP), the Coveris Print Layer (PP CPL), designed for flexible packaging of a wide range of food, pet food and non-food products. It boasts of an improved structure and outstanding stiffness for product protection. The key factor behind CPP’s excellent performance is the ability to withstand re-shrinking …

Smurfit Kappa continues sustainable innovation by adding new Vitop tap to its Bag-in-Box range

Smurfit Kappa has introduced an innovative new Vitop® tap to its Bag-in-Box range as part of its ongoing sustainability activity. The Natural Vitop® tap does not contain any carbon black pigment, which is classified as an unwanted component by many recycling facilities due to the fact that it is not always detected by the optical sorting near-infrared (NIR) …

Sappi expands barrier paper range with new additions

Sappi has expanded its portfolio of barrier papers and is now offering businesses a vast range of innovative packaging paper solutions. A 91 g/m² version was recently added to the high-barrier paper range. It opens up additional applications for manufacturers of branded goods. All high-barrier papers from Sappi ensure that the product quality of foods …

Huhtamaki extends dominance by acquiring Everest Flexibles

Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire the majority of Everest Flexibles (Pty) Limited (“Everest”), a privately-owned flexible packaging manufacturer in South Africa. With the acquisition. Huhtamaki will expand its flexible packaging manufacturing footprint into South Africa, thereby further strengthening its emerging market position. The product range and customer portfolio of Everest are complementary …

Innovia – Wildcorn develop fully recyclable sustainable pack

Innovia Films and the German snack manufacturer, Wildcorn have worked together to produce a fully recyclable and sustainable pack for their Wildcorn organic popcorn range. The 2016 founded Wildcorn in Berlin, produces a range of 100% organic, healthy and flavourful snacks. In 2017 the company launched its first sustainability program in partnership with Mellifera (the …